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By David A. Hall. Price, $5.50. Pp. 110. Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 301 E. Lawrence Ave., Springfield, Illinois, 1961.

J. Graham Smith, Jr., Reviewer

Arch Dermatol. 1962;86(1):97.

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Dr. Hall, a biochemist, has investigated the chemistry of connective tissue for over a decade at Leeds University. This book with over 250 references represents a more extensive consideration of current ideas regarding connective tissue than the superb review by the same author (Int. Rev. Cytol. 8:211, 1959). Regrettably, the book does not demonstrate the same careful editing as the review article—references to page numbers which are not given and misspelled words mar the text and ruffle the conscientious reader.

He presents his thoughts concerning the production of elastin-like structures from collagen and the significance of cellulose-like components in connective tissue. These 2 concepts championed by Hall and his collaborators are controversial; however, he has evaluated them in an intriguing fashion along with other less debatable hypotheses.

For the clinician, brief outlines of information concerning connective tissue alterations in certain diseases of the skin, such as actinic (senile) elastosis, pseudoxanthoma . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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